BOWLING
PRACTICES:
Everyone is welcome (First-time bowlers are also welcome--no need to be
a “serious” bowler, just a fun-lover) Come to our Sunday bowling
sessions even if you are unable to attend the March tournament in
Vancouver. We hope to see many new faces on Sun. Jan. 20 at 2:45pm and
continuing on Sundays, Jan. 27, Feb. 10 & 24 with final practice on
March 2 at Sun Villa Lanes, 3080 - 148 Ave. SE, Bellevue. All ages are
welcome—please specify if you need bumper lane for kids. Vancouver hosts
The Pacific NW
Bowling Tournamenton Sat., March8 at Revs Bowling Centre in
Burnaby, BC.

Before 8PM Saturday
night before each session PleasecontactLexie at 425-455-9225 or
flsorensen@msn.com and let
me know names of all Sunday bowlers and if you need a bumper lane for
kids -- if you need bowling shoes, mention Danish Brotherhood when
picking up shoes--free.

Cost: Pay Lexie $14 for
3 games
(includes any shoe rental)

Hope to see you in your
bowling shoes at 2:45pm on Sunday, Jan. 20th!

Directions:
Go
East on I-90 take exit 11A (follow 156 Ave SE sign) cross over
I-90, go north through first light, turn right into shopping area, Sun
Villa Lanes is in NW corner of Eastgate Shopping Center behind Michael’s
Toyota.

SECRETARIES:
Please notify Newsletter Editor of new members to add to the mailing
list.

DBLODGE29
JANUARY MINUTES:
President Michael Nielsen opened the January meeting at 7:32pm with
pledge of allegiance and 30 members in attendance. A
moment of silence was held in memory of long time member Knud Hansen
who passed away in
Dec. Knud moved to Las Vegas many years ago, but kept in contact
with friends here in the Seattle area.

Rolecall: all officers were present except Conductor Chuck Larsen

Minutes:
The December minutes were accepted as printed in our Dec. newsletter

Treasurersreport was accepted as presented, and the Trustees signed off
that the books were in good order. The Lodge
thanked Flemming for his 11 years serving as Treasurer—he is
officially turning over his duties to his wife Lexie,
who will be installed later this month.

Correspondence.
Thank you letters was received from Karen Bruun, Elmer Wittman, Edith
Kilgren, and Cornelius Jensen for the poinsettias our members delivered
to our mature members. Also, a thank you from Einar Olsen who lives
quite far from Seattle, due to scheduling problems, he suggested it
could be delivered to someone who lives closer, so his plant was given
to Ingeborg Kisbye who lives at Foss Home. Thank you, Einar. Thank you
letters from the Compass Center to whom we had donated last year’s
accumulated small pot and Bingo profits and Cocoon House where we
donated the leftover Christmas party goodies bags. An invitation to meet
the new Executive director Eric Nelson for the Nordic Heritage Museum on
Sunday January 13th. From 4-6 PM RSVP to 206-789-5707 X10
Thank you card was received from the Scandinavian Hour Radio KKNW for
our donation. Last but not least, the lodge sends a big Thank you to
Karen Bruun for her donation for newsletter expenses and to Cornelius
Jensen for his very generous donation to Lodge #29.

CommitteeReport: the Soccer teams start the week of the Jan. 7th.
Bowling practices start on the Jan. 6th, See schedule in this
issue. Ellen Rossen reported on the Children’s Christmas party, and
discussion was made on how to change the format a little for next year.
The Installation party with other lodges in the Puget Sound area will be
on Sat. Jan. 19th --see details elsewhere

Newbusiness: A motion to donate $500.00 to NWDF was made. After a
lot of discussion no second was made and the motion was dropped

Goodandwelfare: Michael Nielsen thanked the members for
letting him serve as President the past three years, and the lodge also
thanked Michael for his job well done and gave a big hand for Michael’s
service.

Dean
Larsen will be our new President, and several new officers will join the
board, so if you are unable to attend the Installation Party on January
19, please come to our next meeting on February 6th. to meet
the new slate of officers

Smallpot. Was won by Henning Buus, who donated his share back to our
Small Pot Fund

Bigpot: had the following members been present, they could have won
the $100.00 Tage Christiansen, Peder B Nielsen, Anne Hollister, Elmer
Wittman or Melanie Berg, but now the pot grows to 200 for the February
meeting Meeting adjourned @
8.17 pm Submitted by Frank Poulsen,
Secretary

vvCome
early and enjoy snacks and drinks before the next meetingvv

DANISH CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY:The
Brotherhood and Sisterhood's annual Christmas Party for children, was
held on Sunday, December 9th. As usual, it was a very
festive occasion, with lots of entertainment including singing and
dancing around the tree. Santa was there with treats for the kids. Many
thanks to the Committee headed by Anne Hollister and Gayle Emmick.
Applause to Ellen Rossen and Lyla Jacobsen for leading the tree
ceremonies. After the fun, refreshments were served for kids and
adults.

Unfortunately, this year’s event had fewer participants but Santa’s
leftover goodie bags were donated to a Children’s Home in Everett which
brightened the day for others.

SISTERHOOD EVERGREEN LODGE #40: Sorry, no
minutes received from Sisterhood.

SEATTLE
DB LODGE 29 WEBSITE:Check out the terrific
Photo Gallery at
www.dblodge29.org. Many
thanks to to Gert Wolff for keeping our site up to date. He will post
photos from Seattle Lodges and Danes Soccer Club events, please send
your comments and photos to: 2wolff@embarqmail.com